9143905

Apparatus and Method for Providing Messaging Services

PublishedSeptember 22, 2015
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18 claims

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1. A method comprising: detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user; generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user; transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user; receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system; transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

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3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises: transcoding the voicemail message from a G. 711 format to a G. 726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.

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7. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user; generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user; transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user; receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system; transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

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9. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising: transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

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10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

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11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises: transcoding the voicemail message from a G. 711 format to a G. 726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.

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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting a recording of a voicemail message directed to a user; generating a session initiation protocol message containing visual voicemail data associated with the voicemail message and containing status information pertaining to a voicemail box of the user; transmitting the session initiation protocol message to a cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system communicates using a digital enhanced cordless telecommunications protocol and retrieves the status information from the session initiation protocol message for display to the user; receiving a request for the voicemail message from the cordless phone system; transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message; and transmitting the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the voicemail message comprises an audible recording of a caller.

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15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising: transmitting the transcoded voicemail message as a stream and a progressive download to the cordless phone system.

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16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the visual voicemail data comprises a caller identification number, a recording time of the voicemail message, an identity of a caller of the voicemail message, and a duration time for the voicemail message.

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17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein transcoding the voicemail message to a predetermined format for the cordless phone system to generate a transcoded voicemail message comprises: transcoding the voicemail message from a G. 711 format to a G. 726 format during a transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system or prior to the transmission of the transcoded voicemail message to the cordless phone system.

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18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the cordless phone system utilizing a web service.

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September 22, 2015

Inventors

Anup D. Karnalkar
R. Tyler Wallis
William S. Robbins
David Dudley

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